We get ready to celebrate the Triduum of liturgies starting tomorrow. The reflection in the Little Black book today was explaining that the word “Triduum” means “three days” in Latin. The Triduum begins on Holy Thursday evening and ends at the Easter vigil on Saturday evening.
Yesterday at the Chrism Mass, the priests of our Diocese renewed their promise of obedience to the Bishop. As I made the choice yesterday at Mass to continue to be obedient to him, I thought about the different choices we make in life. We make good choices that bring us closer to God, but we can make bad choices that turn us away from God and lead us astray on our journey.
In today's Gospel, Judas betrayed Jesus after he shared a meal with him and the rest of his disciples on the Jewish holidays. Judas knew in his heart that he would deliver Jesus into the hands of those who wanted to kill him. Judas is an example of choosing to go down the wrong path on our journey of faith.
Jesus, as the Son of God, could have demanded that people serve him. But Jesus came to serve others, not to be served. Tomorrow, on Holy Thursday, we will remember how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, an action that was normally performed by a slave or a servant. Jesus came to serve and to help others, which is so different from the attitude that Judas had, how he would betray his friend for his personal gain.
As we commemorate Holy Week, let us remember all those things we need to get rid of so that we will be more like Jesus, who came to serve, and less like Judas, who betrayed Jesus and followed his own self-interests.
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